The origin of "Thagomizer"

When the Far Side came out in 1982, paleontologists realised they'd never actually named that part of a stegosaurus and began using the term informally. 

And now, 36 years later, if you type "Thagomizer" into a search engine...

The 2018 Herne Bay Cartoon Festival

From the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival website.

Poster by the The Surreal McCoy

The theme of this year Herne Bay Cartoon Festival is "Turning the Tide". The main event is August 5 on Herne Bay Pier. 

A message from cartoonist Pedro Molina

More than 350 deaths and counting... Ortega's Paramilitary have killed unarmed nicaraguan citizens almost daily for the past 3 months and he continue to do so ... Please share and help us stop him.

Pedro.

USA Bans Italian Cartoonist From Attending San Diego Comic-Con

From Bleeding Cool.

Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare, who has become a national sensation after selling a million copies of his graphic novels in the last six years in Italy alone, was invited to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

His work has become increasingly popular in Europe and he was planning to promote and celebrate the American launch of his book on the struggle of Kurdish rebels in Syria, Kobane Calling, from American publishers Lion Forge.

That was before he reckoned with the American government.

Double Trouble

Clay Bennett, The Chattanooga Free Press

Bruce Mackinnon, The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax

"Spiked: The Unpublished Political Cartoons of Rob Rogers"

From The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.

The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design is launching an exhibition of Rob Rogers' unpublished editorial cartoons, alongside larger, colorized versions of all the cartoons killed by Rogers' former employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"As I Was Going Along...", an exhibition of Tom Fluharty's work

From the Bloomington Minnesota Art Center.

One of America’s greatest satirical artists Tom Fluharty has a gallery show this month at the Bloomington Minnesota Art Center (Artistry).